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No. 644,446. Patented Feb. 27, I900.

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EGG CASE.

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W'ILLIAM ISAAC GALLASPIE, OF ARBUTUS, WVEST VIRGINIA.

EGG-CA8 E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,416, dated February27, 1900.

Application filed September 6, 1899. Serial No. 729,581. (No model.)

To CLZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ISAAC GAL- LASPIE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin g at Arbutus, in the county of Kanawha and State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEgg-Cases; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to whichit appertains to make and use the same. My invention relatesto certain novel improvements in egg-crates; and the object is toimprove the construction and increase the efficiency by providing ameans for filling and emptying the case or crate without removing thefillers.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the several parts of the device, as will be hereinaftermore fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved egg case or crate as itappears when closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view when opened. Fig. ,3 is alongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse section. Fig. 5is an end elevation of the improved egg case or crate as it appearszwhenclosed.

1 denotes the bottom board, 2 2 the parallel end walls, and 3 and 4 thefront and back rails, which are nailed to the bottom and end Walls andwhich also form the front and back of the bottom tray. This tray isprovided with the usual central partition 5 and the end walls 6 6, whichare securely fixed in place by nailing to the contiguous portions of thecase.

7 7 denote the fillers to receive the eggs.

8 8 denote superimposed trays, of which there may be any suitablenumber, according to the desired capacity of the crate, and they arecounterpart in construction, being formed with the front and back walls9 and 10, the end walls 11 12, the bottom 13, partition 14, and theusual fillers 15 15 to receive the individual eggs.

The back Walls of all the trays are connected by the hinges 16 16, andthe uppermost tray is provided with a hinged cover 17, the front edge ofwhich is appropriately provided with a fastening-hook 18, which engagesa screweye 19, fixed in the front wall of the tray to retain the coverin place during transportation, and the remaining trays are likewiseprovided with similar fastening means for a like purpose.

It will be observed that each tray forms a hinged cover for the onebeneath, and each may in turn be filled or emptied without removing thefillers or without disturbing the contents of the other trays.

It will of course be understood that various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. An egg case or crate comprising a bottom tray formed with fixed endwalls secured to the bottom-board of said case or crate and eX- tendingto the top edge of the uppermost tray; a set of superimposed hingedtrays adapted to close in between said end walls and a plain coverhinged to the uppermost superimposed hinged tray, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. An egg case or crate, comprising a basetray provided with extensionend walls extending to the top edge of the uppermost superimposed hingedtray, a series of independent superimposed hinged trays adapted to folddown on said base-tray, a cover hinged to the uppermost tray and meansas described for independently fastening said cover and trays,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

his WILLIAM ISAAC GALLASPIE.

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Witnesses:

ISAAC CONLEY, R. M. MALLORY.

